Holiday Season Workout Tips

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Holiday Season Workout Tips

by Brian Ayers, CSCS

December is, for most people, the hardest month of the holiday season to maintain or lose weight because instead of just one event there are a series of parties that go on all month!!! For tips on controling your calorie intake at holiday parties, check out my Thanksgiving Survival Guide. Unfortunately, the added caloric intake is only part of the reason people gain weight during the holidays. All the extra time spent shopping, wrapping, baking and attending gatherings will inevitably cut into your workout time. Here are a few tips to help you get the most out of your limited workout time:

Don't expect to keep 100% on track with your exercise routine.

You should still try to exercise whenever you can, but this may not be the best time to be on a real ambitious routine. If you are on a complicated routine that is dependent on following a set schedule then you are setting yourself up for failure and, even worse, disappointment. Some people take the "all or nothing" approach and feel like they need to make every workout or it's not worth doing it at all. When the holidays roll around and interrupt their workout schedule they abandon exercising all together with the idea that they will get back to it when they have time in January. Instead of that approach try adopting a more flexible training program that focuses on the basics and allows you to get the most out of the time that you can find. This will help keep those holiday pounds at bay. Anything is better than nothing and don't let perfect get in the way of good.

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